#B2A4C4#B2A4C4

#B2A4C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.048 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A4C4
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 196)
HSL	hsl(266, 21%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 16%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 11.21, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 18.35, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0275 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.048 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5975, 40.0015, 57.7435)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A4C4 #B6C4A4

analogous

#A4A6C4 #B2A4C4 #C2A4C4

triadic

#B2A4C4 #C4B2A4 #A4C4B2

tetradic

#B2A4C4 #C4A4A6 #B6C4A4 #A4C4C2

square

#B2A4C4 #C4A4A6 #B6C4A4 #A4C4C2

split-complementary

#B2A4C4 #C4C2A4 #A6C4A4

monochromatic

#745D90 #937FAC #B2A4C4 #D1C9DC #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B2A4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B2A4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A4C4

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A4C4	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.048 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bfd5',
    500: '#b2a4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a4c4;
$custom-light: #c9bfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 21.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.04791,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A4C4

secondary

#E2E6DE

accent

#A04678

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A4C4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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